From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) To: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>, "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "kexec\@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 15:29:36 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <87wqqi7n73.fsf@xmission.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <51A1AD67.4030800@gmail.com> (Zhang Yanfei's message of "Sun, 26 May 2013 14:36:23 +0800") Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com> writes: > From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com> > > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com> > Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> > --- > Documentation/devices.txt | 3 +-- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt > index 08f01e7..c8e4002 100644 > --- a/Documentation/devices.txt > +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt > @@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. > 10 = /dev/aio Asynchronous I/O notification interface > 11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's, reads > export the buffered printk records. > - 12 = /dev/oldmem Used by crashdump kernels to access > - the memory of the kernel that crashed. > + 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE Let me suggest the slightly better. + 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/vmcore Pointing to people to /proc/vmcore should help anyone who is trying to understand what is going on. > 1 block RAM disk > 0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk
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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) To: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com> Cc: "kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 15:29:36 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <87wqqi7n73.fsf@xmission.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <51A1AD67.4030800@gmail.com> (Zhang Yanfei's message of "Sun, 26 May 2013 14:36:23 +0800") Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@gmail.com> writes: > From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com> > > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com> > Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> > --- > Documentation/devices.txt | 3 +-- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt > index 08f01e7..c8e4002 100644 > --- a/Documentation/devices.txt > +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt > @@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. > 10 = /dev/aio Asynchronous I/O notification interface > 11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's, reads > export the buffered printk records. > - 12 = /dev/oldmem Used by crashdump kernels to access > - the memory of the kernel that crashed. > + 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE Let me suggest the slightly better. + 12 = /dev/oldmem OBSOLETE - replaced by /proc/vmcore Pointing to people to /proc/vmcore should help anyone who is trying to understand what is going on. > 1 block RAM disk > 0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-28 22:30 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2013-05-26 6:31 [PATCH v2 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:31 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] /dev/oldmem: Remove the interface Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:34 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] Documentation/devices.txt: Mark /dev/oldmem obsolete Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:36 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-27 1:46 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke 2013-05-27 1:46 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke 2013-05-27 1:54 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-27 1:54 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-27 2:16 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke 2013-05-27 2:16 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke 2013-05-28 6:17 ` Rob Landley 2013-05-28 6:17 ` Rob Landley 2013-05-28 6:25 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-28 6:25 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-28 17:26 ` Rob Landley 2013-05-28 17:26 ` Rob Landley 2013-05-28 17:35 ` H. Peter Anvin 2013-05-28 17:35 ` H. Peter Anvin 2013-05-28 22:29 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message] 2013-05-28 22:29 ` Eric W. Biederman 2013-05-29 7:45 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-29 7:45 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt: Remove /dev/oldmem description Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:38 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:40 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] mips: Remove savemaxmem parameter setup Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:40 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:42 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] powerpc: " Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:42 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:44 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] ia64: Remove setting for saved_max_pfn Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:44 ` Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:45 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] s390: " Zhang Yanfei 2013-05-26 6:45 ` Zhang Yanfei
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